Spinning mechanism.



No. 811,528. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906. J. J. BUGKLEY, T. P. MoGINN & J. A. HOGAN.

SPINNING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED Amen, 1905.

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\A/ITNESEEE No. 811,528. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906- J. J. BUGKLEY, T. P. MOGINN & J. A. ROGAN. SPINNING MECHANISM.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 28, 1905.

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JOHN J. BUOKLEY, THOMAS P. MoGINN, AND JOHN A. ROGAN, OF PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNORS OF ONE-FOURTH TO THOMAS ROCHE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPINNING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed April 28, 1905. Serial No. 257,821.

T0 at 1071,0711, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN J. BUOKLEY, THOMAS P. MoGINN, and J OHN A. ROGAN, of Plymouth, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spinning Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to means for applyi ng power to the spindle, such that a high rate of speed. will be secured to it without complieating the construction of the frame, the embodiment of our invention shown being such that it may be added to any spinning-frame now in existence with but little trouble.

Our invention will be understood by reference to the drawings, .in which.-

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a portion of a spinning-frame, showing a spindle and indicating its means for rotation, Fig. 2 being a plan of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1, the rail being omitted and the spindle being in section, Fig. 3 being an enlarged detail of the spindle-rotating mechanism. Figs. 4 and 5 show views, respectively in elevation and plan, of a modification. Figs. 6 and 7 show different means for supporting the powerdisk.

In each of the views, A A are the spindles, which may be of any ordinary construction and are provided with bobbins and latched into their bolsters by latches a a in the usual manner. A is the spindle-rail, on which is mounted the bolster a into which the spindle proper is set. The rotation of the spindle is accomplished by means of a power-disk B. We have shown two ways of mounting the powcndisk, one way being by means of a yoke-piece O, supported on the rail A with the assistance of a bracket 0, if necessary, the other way being by means of a cup or socket C, which is bolted to the rail and in which the axle of the power-disk sits.

Where the yoke-piece is used to support the power-disk, the axle b of the power-disk is recessed at each end to receive centeringpins 12, which pass through the yoke-piece O and form a bearing for the axle b. Each pin is preferably pointed at its bearing end, as shown, and the recess in each end of the axle may be shaped to receive the point of one of the pins. Preferably, however, we make the recess cylindrical, so that a chamber is formed to hold balls b N, which engage both the walls of the chamber and the conical end of the pin and serve to reduce to a minimum the friction between the pin and the axle. Each pin 1) is held in place by a set-screw b so that the location of the pins may be adjusted. for wear.

The axle b carries a whirl or pulley B, and to this runs the cord or belt from the drum (not shown) from which power is ordinarily applied to run spindles in machines of this character.

In Figs. -6 and 7 we have shown two forms of socket O, alike in that each forms a support for the axle of the power-disk B and. differing rather in proportion than in structure. In each case the socket is recessed at c, and in the recess is set a support 0 provided with a raceway 0 containing balls I) to form an antifriction-bearing for the axle, which has beveled surfaces 0, which rest against the balls N.

In the form of axle shown in Fig. 6 the upper end of the axle is preferably chain-- bered, as at c", and provided with a passage from the bottom of the chamber to the lower end of the axle and registering with corre sponding passages in the support 0 and the bottom of the socket, through which passages passes the bolt 0, which holds the axle in place. In the bottom of the chamber 0 around the passage is araceway 0 in which are balls I), which form an antifriction-bearing between the head of the bolt 0 and. the bottom of the chamber a. The chamber a about the axle may be filled with oil, and a perforated cap a, screwed down upon the socket, serves to center the axle and hold the washer in place. The opening in the washer is small enough to wipe the axle and prevent spattering of the oil when the axle is rotating without acting as a brake on the axle. In the structure shown in Fig. 7 the axle is solid throughout and is held in place in the socket by means of the screw 0, which is slightly recessed to form a raceway for the balls I). In each case, therefore, the axle is held in place by a screw which serves as a portion of the raceway in which the ballbearings run, so that in case of wear the screws may be set up, and so always keep the parts in proper relation. The cap 0* 1n Fig. 7 serves as a lock for the screw 0.

The power-disk B is provided with one or more grooves b in its periphery, and each spindle is provided with a whirl b and the spindles, whirls, and power-disk B are so located with relation to each other that one or more belts b may be passed around the disk and around the spindle-whirls in such a manner that the rotation of the power-disk will cause both spindles to rotate in thesame direction. In such case the belts may be crossed, and thus embrace very completely the whirls and pulleys, thereby to a very great extent preventing slip of the belt which otherwise might result in a waste of power and speed.

It will be noted that the power-disk B is made of considerablylarger diameter than the diameter of the spindle-whirls b and that the power-disk being rotated from the drum at substantially the speed which is given to the spindles in machines heretofore built the spindles may thus be rotated at considerably greater speed than heretofore.

In machines now in common use the drum rotates about twelve hundred times a minute and the spindles are driven directly from the rotations of the drum at a speed of from nine With thousand to ten thousand revolutions.

our construction when the parts are properly product from the machine, this may still be accomplished without driving the drum as fast as has been customary. For example, the drum being of the usual dimensions-say seven inches-and the whirl B on the powerdisk being seven-eighths of an inch in diameter, one turn of the drum will produce eight turns of the power-disk. The power-disk being two and one-half inches in diameter and the spindle-whirl one-half of an inch, a turn of the power-disk will give five turns of the spindle. Thus one turn of the drum in this case will give forty turns of the spindle. A high rate of speed can therefore be given to the spindle without driving the drum as rapidly as it is driven now and without jarring the machine as a whole to the extent that it is arred now.

disks when so supported may be easily attached to spinningmachines of the ordinary ty e.

In Fi 2 we have shown the spindles so close together that the power-disk cannot lie between them but in Fig. 5 it will be seen that the power-disk is somewhat smaller in diameter, and hence the yoke-piece C is mounted on the rail in such a position as to carry the power-disk between the two spindles which it is to operate. Moreover, in Figs. 4 and 5 we have shown the power-disk mounted on an axle b, which is slightly inclined or tipped, thereby canting or tipping the power-disk B in these figures at an angle to a horizontal plane, so that the sections of the belts which pass around them are held at slightly-different angles where they cross, and hence cannot rub. This feature of tipping the power-disk slightly is of course valuable, whether one spindle or two spindles are used. In Figs. 4 and 5 two different belts are used, one for each spindle, each belt passing around its own groove in the power-disk. In Figs. 2 and 3, however, a single belt is used, being crossed between each pulley and each spindle, as therein shown. The power-disk shown in Figs. 6 and 7 also shows two grooves to accommodate two belts. Of course a power-disk with a single groove may be used on an axle 5 mounted as in Fig. 6 or Fig. 7, if thought best.

What we claim as our invention is 1. In a spinning-machine, a spindle, a speed-multiplier means for supporting it independently of any spindle, a belt connecting said speedmultiplier with said spindle, and means located on said speed-multiplier whereby power may be applied to rotate said speed-multiplier.

2. In a spinning-frame, one or more spindles, a power-disk means for supporting said power-disk independently of any spindle, and means for rotating said power-disk, and belt connections for imparting motion from said power-disk to said spindle or spindles, as described.

3. In a spinning-frame, a pair of spindles, a power-disk, means for rotating it and means such as a belt for connecting said power-disk and said spindles, whereby a positive movement is imparted to said spindles from said power-disk, as set forth.

4.. A speed-multiplier for a spinning-frame, comprising a yoke, and an axle mounted thereon carrying a grooved pulley, and a whirl of less diameter than said pulley whereby a speed received by said whirl from a source of power may be multiplied in its delivery and a spindle rotated by a belt upon said pulley.

5. In a spinning-frame, as a means of rotating the spindles in pairs, a shaft or axle mounted between two spindles, having a whirl and two driving-pulleys, a driving-belt for the whirl, a whirl upon each spindle and a IIO driving-belt extending from its individual pulley upon the shaft or axle to a whirl, each of said belts being crossed to afford a greater frictional contact with the pulley and the whirl.

6. In a spinning-frame, as a means of rotating the spindles thereof in pairs, the combination of two spindles, an interposed shaft or axle, means for rotating it, pulleys thereon, one of which is connected by means of a crossed belt with one of the spindles and the other of which is connected by means of a crossed belt with the other of the spindles, as and for the purposes described.

7. In a spinning-frame, the combination of two spindles, an interposed shaft or axle, means for turning it, a pulley for each spindle mounted upon said shaft or axle, a crossed belt for each ofsaid spindles and pulleys, the said pulleys being slightly inclined to a horizontal plane, whereby the sections of the belts crossing each other cross at different levels, as and for the purposes described.

8. In a spinning-frame, the combination of two spindles, an interposed shaft or axle located in close proximity to said spindles, means for turning said shaft, pulleys thereon and belts, each connecting one of said. pulleys with one of said spindles, each belt being crossed between its pulley andv its spindle, whereby it engages nearly the entire circumference of each, as set forth.

9. In a spinning-frame, a power-disk and means for supporting it comprising an axle, a

10. In a spinning-frame, a power-disk and means for supporting it comprising an axle, a socket adapted to support one end of said axle, and provided with ball-bearings arranged as described and, containing an oil chamber surrounding said axle and communicating with the bearings thereof, as set forth.

11. In a spinning-frame, in combination, two spindles, a power-disk and a belt connection between each spindle and said powerdisk, and means to rotate said powerdisk, the axis of said power-disk being set at a slight angle to the axis of said spindles, as described.

12. In a spinning-frame, aspindle, apowerdisk and a belt connection crossed between said spindle and said power-disk, and means to rotate said power-disk, the axis of said power-disk being set at a slight angle to the axis of the spindle, whereby the sections of the belt connecting said power-disk and spindle will not rub where they cross each other, as described.

JOHN J. BUCKLEY. THOMAS P. MOGINN. JOHN A. ROGAN. In presence of GE RGE O. G. OOALE, P M. V. FOLEY. 

